Small group counseling is an essential part of an MTSS comprehensive school counseling program. This elementary school counseling group bundle includes 10 ready-to-use small groups for Tier II intervention, all of which are ASCA and CASEL-aligned! Topics covered include anxiety, divorce, relational aggression, social skills, conflict resolution, separation anxiety, children of incarcerated parents, newcomer experience, academic skills, and emotional recognition and self-regulation.

All of the included counseling groups are 5-8 weeks long and designed to keep elementary students engaged. Each group includes easy-to-implement outlines with objectives, engaging activities, and self-assessment data-tracking tools so you can measure student progress!

Small Groups Included:

• Anxiety 8 weeks (3rd-5th grade)
• Divorce 5 weeks (3rd-5th grade)
• Relational Aggression 6 weeks (3rd-6th grade)
• Social Skills 8 weeks (3rd-6th grade)
• Conflict Resolution 8 weeks (3rd-5th grade)
• Separation Anxiety 6 weeks (K- 2nd grade)
• Children of Incarcerated Parents 6 weeks (3rd-5th grade)
• 1st Generation/Newcomer Experience 6 weeks (3rd-5th grade)
• Academic Skills 6 weeks (4th-6th grade)
• Emotional Recognition and Self-Regulation 6 weeks (4th-6th grade)

Here is what's included each week:

• Outlines: Easy to implement outlines with ASCA and CASEL-aligned objectives
• Group Rules: Suggested and DIY Group Rules poster so students can take ownership of the creation of the group rules and norms.
• Feelings Check: Feelings Check Poster to serve as a visual aid for students to self-reflect on their emotional state at the start of each session.
• Self-Assessments: Pre and post-group self-assessments to track student growth and make data collection easy!
• Engaging games and activities: I include everything you need to run each session. Simply print each week before the students arrive and you are ready to go.

 Types of activities and games included each week:

• Matching Games
• Movement Based Games
• Card Games
• Sorting Activities
• Grounding Games
• Charades
• Sort and Paste Activities
• Crafts
• Board Games
• Comparison Activities
• Building Blocks
• Written Reflections
• Discussion Dice

 BENEFITING STUDENTS

In my experience, small groups are the best way to connect with students. I love that they are able to learn from each other and build relationships as we cover each topic.

At a minimum, being in the counseling group allows students to identify and share their feelings, develop self-esteem through participation, and practice empathy while hearing others’ experiences.

SAVING TIME

With easy to implement outlines and activities, this group curriculum is very low-prep. Simply print out each session before students arrive and keep them in a file folder.

For tips on how to organize your small groups, check out this blog post I wrote. The self-assessments are a great way to get students to self-reflect on their progress and you can then share this information with teachers, parents, or in your program report.

COUNSELORS LIKE YOU SAID...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Christy T. "The groups contained in this bundle are wonderful. They are rooted in evidence-based practice. The formats provide just enough instruction to know how to use the resources but also allow for quite a bit of flexibility with delivery. I substituted these curriculums with current groups I was facilitating to give these a try. I can say that I am pleased with all of them."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ K-12 Counseling "It's so helpful to have all of these groups available! They are easy to use and engaging for students"

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